About Us
We are a network of organisations and individuals with a passion for participatory arts and an understanding that working together to strengthen support for those working in the field will bring benefits for everyone involved.
Coming together as ArtWorks Alliance enables us to do more – more swiftly – to develop participatory arts than we can each achieve on our own. We can support better both the organisations delivering participatory arts and the artists working in the field, leading to higher quality experiences for participants.
Our work is ambitious and far-sighted. Find out more about us here and explore the different ways you can join in.
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We’ve been supported by…
ArtWorks Alliance was initiated with funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It is currently collectively self-supported through member contributions to core costs on a ‘pay as you can’ basis, having received emergency funding from Arts Council England during 2020 through member Sound Sense.
ArtWorks: Developing practice in participatory settings was originally developed by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Our Knowledge Bank
ArtWorks Alliance has created a huge library of research materials, reports and other resources. These all feature in our Knowledge Bank which is fully searchable and being added to all the time – and its free to everyone to use.
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Delivering Participatory Theatre During Social Distancing: What’s Working?
How participatory theatre is responding to COVID-19 and adopting different models of socially distanced practice.
Author: Collective Encounters
Considering Co-Creation
Report commissioned by Arts Council England
Author: Heart of Glass and Battersea Arts Centre
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A holistic approach for quality in participatory arts: Impacts on practice experienced by artists in Scotland, Wales and Portugal
Using quality models.
Author: Rachel Blanche
Featured Resources
Latest Resources
All Resources
Case Studies
Evaluations & Reports
Featured
Latest
Research
Toolkits & Guidance
Videos
Delivering Participatory Theatre During Social Distancing: What’s Working?
How participatory theatre is responding to COVID-19 and adopting different models of socially distanced practice.
Author: Collective Encounters
Considering Co-Creation
Report commissioned by Arts Council England
Author: Heart of Glass and Battersea Arts Centre
All Resources
Case Studies
Evaluations & Reports
Featured
Latest
Research
Toolkits & Guidance
Videos
A holistic approach for quality in participatory arts: Impacts on practice experienced by artists in Scotland, Wales and Portugal
Using quality models.
Author: Rachel Blanche
News & Views
Co-creation environments that manage fear and cultivate resilience
Kiz Crosbie from member Mortal Fools shares their development journey to a tangible and clearly articulated co-creation practice that combines the creative process (practical activities used to produce artistic content) and the relational process (the environments cultivated and how people work together). With practical tips at the end!
Bath Arts Workshop: Counterculture in the 1970s
‘They thought art could change the world. Thousands joined in and things were never the same again.’ From this new publication about participatory arts fifty years ago reviewed here by Adrian Sinclair.
Climate artivism
Culture declares emergency… we interviewed a young climate activist who has found the power of participation in creative activity as part of Extinction Rebellion protests.
Now more than ever
AWA member Roxane Permar from the University of the Highlands and Islands explores why we need MA courses for participatory artists now more than ever and proposes an archipelagic perspective for thinking about social art practice and higher education.